Baby shoe and lacing therefor



Sept. 12, 1944 s. SPIRQ 2357,5580

BABY SHOE AND, LACING THEREFOR Filed May 24, 1943 g n/vendor,

Patented Sept. 12, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BABY SHOE AND LACING THEREFOR Sam Spiro, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 24, 1943, Serial No. 488,241

3 Claims.

This invention relates to shoes and lacing therefor.

An object of this invention is to provide in a baby shoe an improved lacing which extends through the tongue in such a manner as to hold the tongue from twisting or sidewise movement.

Another object of this invention is to provide a baby shoe having a sole, a quarter and a tongue, the tongue being formed with a pair of eyelets in the lower portion thereof, a second pair of eyelets in the upper portion thereof, and a lacing extended through the lower eyelets and .then brought up on the inside of the tongue and extended through the upper eyelets, the lacing then being threaded through a pair of upper eyelets carried by the quarter, extended beneath the loop formed between the lower tongue eyelets and finally threaded through a pair of lower eyelets carried by the quarter and tied across the lower portion of the tongue.

Another object of this invention is to provide a shoe wherein the lacing is threaded through the eyelets from the top down rather than up from the vamp.

The above and various other objects will be understood from the accompanying description and the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a soft sole baby shoe having a lacing thereon according to this invention, 1 I

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation of the shoe with the sole bent downwardly and the lacing unthreaded from the quarter,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the shoe completely laced and tied,

Figure 4 is a perspective View of a hard sole shoe known as a first-step shoe embodying a lacing according to this invention,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the shoe shown in Figure 4 with the quarter partly turned down,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the shoe shown in Figure 4 completely laced and tied,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a walking shoe having a lacing according to this invention,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the shoe shown in Figure 5 with the quarter partly turned down, and

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure '7 showing the opposite side of the shoe.

Referring to the drawing, and. first to Figures 1 to 3, the numeral Ill designates generally a shoe which includes a soft sole I I, a vamp I2 provided with a vamp extension I3 and a quarter I4. The shoe herein shown is similar to the shoe embodied in my prior Patent No. 2,230,915, dated February 4, 1941. The shoe II] also includes a tongue I5 which is stitched at its lower portion to the vamp I2 and also to a portion of the vamp extension.

The tongue I5 is provided with a lower pair of eyelets I1. The quarter I4 is provided at its forward open portion with a lower pair of eyelets I8 disposed adjacent the lower tongue eyelets I6 and is also provided with an upper pair of eyelets I9 disposed adjacent the upper pair of tongue eyelets 17. A lacing generally designated as 20 is adapted to be laced through .the pairs of eyelets and is laced in the following manner:

The lacing 20 initially has the free ends thereof extended through the lower pair I6 of the tongue eyelets, th lacing extending inwardly so as to provide a bridging loop 2| on the outer side of the tongue l5. The lacing 20 is then extended upwardly, as indicated at 22, on the inner side of the tongue I5 and is then brought forwardly through the upper pair of tongue eyelets I1. The lacing is then extended one part through an adjacent eyelet I9 and another part through the second quarter eyelet l9 and is then brought downwardly, as indicated at 23. The remaining portion of the lacing is then crossed and extended beneath the loop 2|. From this point the lacing is extended as at 24 laterally through the lower portion of quarter eyelets I8- When the shoe has been applied to the foot, the free ends 25 of the lacing are then tied together, as indicated at 26 in Figure 3, the tie being positioned slightly above the loop 2| as shown in Figure 3.

Referring now to Figures 4 to 6, the shoe Illa is constructed similar to the shoe IO with the exception that the sole I Ia thereof is slightly stiffer than the sole II. In other respects the shoe shown in Figures 4 to 6 is substantially identical with the shoe shown in Figures 1 to 3 and the lacing .20 is threaded through the eyelets I6 and I! of the tongue I5 and also through the eyelets I8 and I9, the latter being in the forward portion of the quarter I4. As shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, the quarters therein disclosed-are provided with only two pairs of eyelets.

In Figure '7 there is disclosed a shoe IIlb which may be formed with a relatively stiff sole Ila, a vamp I2, and quarter Ma and a tongue I5 similar in every detail to the construction shown in Figure 4. A lacing 20 is threaded through lower and upper eyelets l 6 and I1 provided in the tongue I5 and through eyelets I8 and I9 provided in the forward portion of the quarter I la.

The quarter I4a in Figs. 7 to 9 is provided with an intermediate pair of eyelets 27 through which the lacing 20 is extended after passing through through the lower pair of quarter eyelets I8. The

free ends 25 of the lacing are then tied together in the same manner as indicated in Figure 3.

The provision of a lacing including the novel .method of threading the lacing through the eyelets of the shoe quarter and tongue provides a more firm means of holding the shoe in applied position on the foot of an infant. The lacing according to this method will not bind the foot as is the case with conventional lacing and will also provide a means whereby the tongue is held against twisting or lateral movement with respect to the open front ends of the quarter.

In the shoe shown in Figures 1 to 9, the quarter M, Ma is secured to the vamp extension 13 by means of tacking 29, and these tackings may be in the form of grouped stitches, a staple'or other suitable fastening means.

What I claim. is:

'1. In a shoe having a quarter, a tongue, eyelets carried by the quarter, upper and lower pairs of eyelets carried by the tongue, at lacing initially threaded through said lower eyelets from the outer side of the tongue providing a bridging loop on the outer side of the tongue, one portion of said lacing being extended upwardly from a lower tongue eyelet to and outwardly through an upper eyelet, the other portion of said lacing being extended upwardly from the other lower tongue eyelet to and outwardly through the other upper tongue eyelet, both of said lacing portions being then threaded outwardly through adjacent eyelets of said quarter, the free ends of said lacing being then crossed and extended beneath said V inner side of said tongue and threaded outwardly bridging loop, th free ends of said lacing then being extended through adjacent lower eyelets of said quarter and adapted to be tied together across the lower portion of said tongue.

2. In a shoe having a quarter, a tongue, upper and lower pairs of eyelets carried by said quarter, upper and lower pairs of eyelets carried by said tongue, a lacing initially threaded through said lower tongue eyelets from the outer side of the tongue providing a bridging loop on the outer side of the tongue, said lacing being extended from said lower tongue eyelets upwardly on the through sai upper tongue eyelets, said lacing then being extended downwardly in crossed relation beneath said loop, said lacing being extended outwardly from said loop and through-a pair of quarter eyelets and adapted to be tied thereat.

3. A shoe including a sole, a vamp secured to said sole, a quarter secured to said sole, a tongue lacing being extended outwardly through said upper quarter eyelets and extended downwardly from the latter in crossed relation through said intermediate eyelets and from said intermediate eyelets recrossed and extended beneath said loop,

said lacing being extended outwardly from. said loop through said lower quarter eyelets and adapted to be tied adjacent said loop.

SAM SPIRO. 

